Was he her salvation or her destruction?
Dark, foreign and satanic-looking, Vittorio had appeared abruptly when Marina's life was at its lowest ebb, whisking her away from gloomy London to a Mediterranean paradise.

He was like some demon lover who had taken possession of her soul, and the more Marina was with him, the less power she had to resist him

And even though she had pledged herself to Vittorio's own brother, there was no power on earth strong enough to make her give him up!